How To Play:
Everyone stands in a circle so that they can all see one another.

Have the participants count the number of syllables in their name and then come up with an action or dance move for each syllable. Once the first participant has said his/her name and performed their action, the whole group repeats it.

The next participant repeats the process and the whole group repeats the second participant’s name/action and then the first participant’s name/action. This continues until the last participant has gone and the group repeats all of the names/actions. Continue reading →

Lyrics

Marching
Reese’s peanut butter cupReese’s peanut butter cup
We sing this song to pump us upWe sing this song to pump us up
Wham bam choo choo trainWham bam choo choo train
Come on ________, do your thingCome on ________, do your thing

CAMPER: I can’t
EVERYONE: why not?
CAMPER: I can’t
EVERYONE: why not?
CAMPER: I just can’t
EVERYONE: why not?
CAMPER: My back’s too sore, / put a hand on your back
The sun’s too hot, / put hand up to forehead
My booty shakes from the left to the right / shake booty left and right

EVERYONE: To the left, to the right
To the left, to the right
Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right

Variations

Reese’s peanut butter cup,
Stick with us we’ll cheer you up,
Bang bang choo choo train,
Come on ______, do you thing!
Camper: I can’t
All: Why not?
Camper: I can’t
All: Why not?
Camper: My back’s too sore, my belt’s too tight,
My booty shakes from the left to the right
All: To the left, to the right, left, right, left, right

Lyrics

Actions
Funky chicken / make a chicken motion with your arms
Frankenstein / walk slowly with your arms out in front of you
Ballerina / twirl and plié
Sumo wrestler / put hands on knees, bend, and stomp feet one at a time
Cleopatra / walk like an Egyptian
John Travolta / do any of the dance moves from Saturday Night Fever
Tree / put arms up like tree branches and stay still
Elevator / pretend to push a button on the elevator and then bend your knees as if going down a floor, push the button again and stand back up slowly
PeeWee Herman / do the PeeWee Herman

LEADER: Let me see your funky chicken.
EVERYONE: What’s that you say?

LEADER: I said let me see your funky chicken.
EVERYONE: What’s that you say?

(Altogether)
I said ooh ahh funky chicken
ooh ahh one more time
ooh ahh funky chicken
ooh ahh get back in line!